PERMFILE134363

• Permit No: C2008086
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 12/7/2006
• Doc Name: Public Scoping Report for the Environmental Impact Statement
• From: BLM
• To: DRMS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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SECTIONTHREE
Scoping Results
' This section documents the results of the Scoping process and presents a general characterization
and analysis of the comments received. All of the comments and questions received will be
considered in the development of the EIS.
' There was a total of 53 written comments received.
• 9 comment cazds were filled out at the Public Scoping meeting
• 7 emails were received via David Lehmann's email address and the project email
established for the purpose of receiving comments, and
' • 37 written letters were sent to the BLM office
Individual issues, questions and statements identified during Scoping, which were submitted as
' either written or oral comments, were categorized and summazized. The issue statements were
organized by the following general categories:
• General Comments
' • Socioeconomic/Allocated Dollars
o Property Values
' o Labor
• Environmental
' o Wildlife
o Water Quality
' o Air Quality
• Viewshed/VisualImpacts
' • Noise
• Energy use/output
' • Rail spur
• Infrastructure
' • Traffic /Road Improvements
This list is not intended to be exclusive and other issues may be added or modified as the EIS
' process continues and the proposed project is further defined. Copies of actual comments
received aze included in Appendix D.
' A summary of the specific comments is presented below.
3.1 GENERAL COMMENTS
' • Utilization oflow-sulfur/ low mercury coal is important for the U.S. national security and
for electric supplies in general. Because of this, the BLM's effort to come into
' compliance with the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which encourages the inventory and
production of domestic supplies of low sulfur coal, is invaluable. Given the recent events
in Iraq, Iran and Venezuela domestic energy production is more important than ever.
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